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29th February 2016 a revolutionary new photo hosting platform was launched. This platform is completely free to use, you can upload as many photos as you like and incur no charge. You can even sell your photos for any price you choose as downloads or physically printed products. But you're reading this and probably thinking 'What's new about this? Nothing particularly revolutionary here!' But...

Have you ever gone to an event, photo shoot or otherwise taken a load of photos, got home looked at them and they are slightly out of focus? Yes? Well welcome to the club! Mike explains the top 5 things you can do to ensure your photos are pin sharp: We almost all use digital cameras these days. These have a handy device at the back which is an LCD screen. When you have taken your photo, just...

So, you went out and bought that camera you have been eyeing for ages! Whether it be a point and shoot or a state of the art Canon DSLR and a range of lenses, you're sat there and wondering 'just how long is it going to take to learn how to use this!' The truth is, holding a camera in ones hand no more makes you a photographer than holding a knife in your hand makes you a surgeon. Whilst...

As many of you may know we are shortly to launch a full ecommerce system for ClickASnap this will allow you, among other things, to sell your photo's as physically printed products at whatever price you may chose. But, you, and just as importantly, your clients do not know what quality process's are behind our printing systems. For all you know we could be printing it out on a £100 printer...

A Neutral density filter is a filter that is placed on the front of the lens, similar to any other filter, but it reduces the intensity of light at all wavelengths. What this allows the photographer to do is to set an F-stop, ISO, or shutter speed that would normally over explose the image given the existing light conditions. One of the most frequent uses for them is when a photographer wants...

Have you ever looked at something you are about to photograph, and thought 'Do I need to take anything out of the photo? What, if removed, would make this photo, at least to me, perfect?' Mike looks to photograph a dock in Switzerland, removing content that isn't liked or makes the photo not quite perfect before actually taking the picture. Once the photo is framed correctly, Mike then...

Mike Browne heads out to Vietnam, and whilst looking for shoot spots for his then upcoming photography class he discusses three tips for Landscape photography with his wide angle lens. The video explores 3 main things to think about when you are taking your picture. You're likely on holiday and as per tip 1, you may not be back anytime soon, so getting that shot exactly how you want it is very...

Have you ever fancied doing a bit of macro photography? But don't really want to pay out several hundred pounds for a new lens just to try it? Well, now you can try a system called a 'Macro reversing ring'. What this system does is actually turn your existing lens round, putting the large 'light entering' part of the lens onto the camera body, and using the camera attachment part of the lens...